The Paps of Danu are associated with the #fairy queen or legendary #Irish heroine #Créd, who demanded that, to become her lover, a man had to compose a splendid praise-poem describing her heavily guarded palace—without ever seeing it. #Cáel, a seer as well as a poet, penetrated her defenses with his inner vision, composed the requisite poem, and won Créd’s love. “Wounded men spouting heavy blood would sleep to the music of fairy birds singing above the bright leaves of her bower,” were the words that won her heart. To protect her beloved, Créd made him a magical battle dress. Nonetheless he was killed in the service of his king, whereupon Créd threw herself into his grave and died. Créd was a poet herself, and one of her songs is included in the Colloquy of the Elders.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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Two famous breast-shaped mountains, the Paps of Danu in the southwestern province of #Munster, are associated with the #fairy queen or legendary #Irish heroine #Créd, who demanded that, to become her lover, a man had to compose a splendid praise-poem describing her heavily guarded palace—without ever seeing it. #Cáel, a seer as well as a poet, penetrated her defenses with his inner vision, composed the requisite poem, and won Créd’s love. “Wounded men spouting heavy blood would sleep to the music of fairy birds singing above the bright leaves of her bower,” were the words that won her heart. To protect her beloved, Créd made him a magical battle dress. Nonetheless he was killed in the service of his king, whereupon Créd threw herself into his grave and died. Créd was a poet herself, and one of her songs is included in the Colloquy of the Elders.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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#Celtic #HillfortsWednesday at Cathair Crobh Dearg, Co. #Kerry: Dan Cronin writes in his “In the Shadow of the Paps, 2001”: “Druidic rituals were enacted a…
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